Joyce Ann Parsons

Miss Parsons was born July 28, 1949 in Carter County, Tennessee to the late Lee Willard Parsons and Margaret Helen Trusler.

She was the joy of her family’s lives, always joking and playing tricks on people. Her hobbies were jigsaw puzzles, checkers, bingo, coloring, rug hooking and beading.

She is survived by two sisters; Elizabeth Pajares and husband, Richard and JoBell Wilson of Wilmington and three brothers; Oscar Lee Parsons and wife, Nancy of Warner Robbins, Georgia; Donald Parsons and wife Janet of Pine Mountain, Georgia and Thomas Parsons and wife Cathy of Columbus, Georgia; four nieces, Barbara Selph and husband Mike of Cape Coral, Florida, Dawn Marie Pajares of Columbia, South Carolina, Ann Wilson Brennan and husband, Blaise of Severna Park, MD and Donna Wilson Maccalupo of Wilmington, North Carolina, two nephews; Richard William Pajares and wife Tina of Columbia, South Carolina and Joseph Wilson and Lucianna of Wilmington.

A Funeral Service will be held at 12PM on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Home. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. The burial will follow at Oleander Memorial Gardens.

The family would like to thank all the staff at Davis Nursing Home for their care and patience with their wonderful, loving sister and a special thank you to Hospice for all their help and care.

Condolences to the family may be offered at www.coblewardsmithwilmington.com